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Title Assuring safety in long-term care / Marshall B. Kapp, editor
Published New York : Springer, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 164 pages)
Series Ethics, law, and aging review, 1076-1616 ; v. 9
Ethics, law, and aging review ; v. 9.
Contents pt. I. Assuring safety in longterm care: ethical imperatives, legal strategies, and practical limitations. Assuring safety in long-term care: the albatross of historical experience / Elias S. Cohen ; At least Mom will be safe there: role of resident safety in nursing home quality / Marshall B. Kapp ; Assuring quality nursing home care: a case of market failure / Lawrence A. Frolik and Stephanie R. Gallo ; Assisted living: safety vs. autonomy / Ethel Mitty and Thomas Clark ; Safety, self-determination, and choice in long-term care: the consumer and obbudsman experience / Beverley Laubert and R. Michael Laubert ; Hazardous to our health: competing values, conflicting agendas, and mixed messages / Eric Mount, Jr. and Kathleen B. Gannoe ; Assuring safety for people with dementia in long-term care facilities: focus on staffing / Iris C. Freeman ; Improving resident safety through quality medical care / Rebecca D. Elon -- pt. II. Independent articles. When value and meaning become monetary rather than moral: issues in geriatric health care allocation / Katrina A. Brmstedt
Summary This volume explores the concept of safety as applied in the long term care context. Chapters examine the way in which the quest for safety may work either synergistically or adversely upon other worthy social goals. Among the initiatives considered are promoting the decision-making autonomy of patients/clients and their surrogates, enhancing the quality of care and quality of life available to long term care residents, and providing fair compensation for injured victims when serious harm occurs. Questions addressed that are of concern to legal and ethical theorists, social science researchers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Long-term care of the sick -- United States -- Safety measures
Older people.
Congregate housing.
Wounds and injuries.
Older people -- Abuse of.
Long-Term Care -- standards
Safety
Residential Facilities -- standards
Aged
Assisted Living Facilities
Dementia
Elder Abuse
Health Care Rationing
Nursing Homes
Personal Autonomy
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
Quality of Health Care
Wounds and Injuries
elderly.
nursing homes.
MEDICAL -- Long-Term Care.
MEDICAL -- Nursing Home Care.
Wounds and injuries
Older people
Congregate housing
Mesures de sécurité
Aspect juridique.
Qualité des soins de santé
Soins infirmiers.
Éthique médicale.
Soins prolongés.
SUBJECT United States
Subject United States
États-Unis.
Form Electronic book
Author Kapp, Marshall B.
ISBN 9780826116376
082611637X
1281806749
9781281806741
9786611806743
6611806741